{"id":2453,"date":"2011-01-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/our-local-govt-officials-are-making-decisions-about-things-of-which-they-have-little-knowledge-dr-matthew-richard.html"},"modified":"2011-01-27T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T19:00:00","slug":"our-local-govt-officials-are-making-decisions-about-things-of-which-they-have-little-knowledge-dr-matthew-richard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/our-local-govt-officials-are-making-decisions-about-things-of-which-they-have-little-knowledge-dr-matthew-richard.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;our local gov&#8217;t officials are making decisions about things of which they have little knowledge&#8221; &#8211;Dr. Matthew Richard"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JnJU0L0qcIo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5085\/5378212826_86d4f57ea2_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nHere is Dr. Richard\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JnJU0L0qcIo\">\nspeaking before the Valdosta City Council.<\/a>\nHe summarized in <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/dr-christopher-teafs-numerous-paid-endorsements-leigh-touchton.html?cid=6a0120a58214e4970b0148c807c183970c#comment-form\">\na comment on this blog:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nas i endeavored to point out at the last city council meeting, our\nlocal gov&#8217;t officials are making decisions about things of which they\nhave little knowledge. my example: the brain has two types of cells:\nneurons and glial cells. there are NO white blood cells; thus, the brain\nhas no immune system, relying on the the tiny diameter of the capillaries\nthemselves to keep infectious agents out. this is called the blood-brain\nbarrier. BUT, as dr. sammons pointed out, PARTICULATE MATTER is small\nenough to make it through the body and into the brain. as dr. bob\ngannon (dept. head of biology at VSU) told me again the other night,\nthis constitutes a major threat to health in the form of brain cancer.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnJU0L0qcIo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\n<center>\n<small>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman<br>\nof the regular meeting of the Valdosta City Council, 20 January 2011<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is Dr. Richard speaking before the Valdosta City Council. 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